We’re translating Melodifestivalen live tonight!

It’s Melodifestivalen time again, and tonight in Gothenburg heat one will be kicking off. We’re very excited to be liveblogging and providing simultaneous translation from Swedish into English for all you non-Swedish speaking Melodifestivalen fans.

In the meantime, you can listen to recorded versions of the songs here. Eric Saade is tipped as a favourite to go straight to the final but you never can tell with this contest – there have been bigger upsets before. Anyone remember Carola and Andreas Johnson?